Five Fun Facts About Hollywood

Posted on February 8, 2009 - 10:03pm by loretta Hollywood is the most famous city when it comes to show bizz, but do you know how it got that way? Here are Five Fun Facts About Hollywood. 5. Hollywood's Start Hollywood began with a little hut in 1853, but became an agricultural community by 1870. 4. Hollywood's Name One popular belief is that the name "Hollywood" came from the "California Holly" that covered the hillsides. H.J. Whitley (the Father of Hollywwod) and his wife, Gigi, came up with the during their honeymoon in 1886. 3. Hollywood Hotel The Hollywood Hotel was the first major hotel in Hollywood. H.J. Whitley opened the hotel in 1902. 2. Hollywood Movies D.W. Griffith and a group of actors that included, Blanche Sweet, Lillian Gish, Mary Pickford, and Lionel Barrymore were the first to film in Hollywood. Griffith shot the first film ever in Hollywood called In Old California. The Squaw Man was the first featured film made specifically in a Hollywood studio. 1. Hollywood's First Studio Nestor Studio was the first studio to open in Hollywood. The studio, which was located at 6121 Sunset Blvd, was an unused roadhouse that was converted into a movie studio in October 1911. Today Paramount Studios is the only major studio actually located in Hollywood. For more information on Hollywood, California go to wikipedia.com.